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Ministry of Law and Justice
Bilateral meeting held between Minister of State for Law and Justice  and Minister of Justice of Viet Nam
Cooperation in the areas of Law & Justice discussed which would take the bilateral relations to greater heights areas of cooperation
A bilateral meeting was held between Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State for Law and Justice  and H.E. Mr. Le Thanh Long, Minister of Justice of Viet Nam yesterday i.e. on 2nd July, 2023 at New Delhi, in a cordial and friendly atmosphere. Both the sides were accompanied by a delegation comprising of senior officers of the respective Ministries.
Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State for Law and Justice , recalled the close ties of friendship between both the countries that have developed over the last more than 50 years. He emphasized on Viet Nam, being an important partner for India’s Act East Policy.
The two sides utilized this opportunity to discuss measures for cooperation in the areas of Law & Justice, which would take the bilateral relations to greater heights in line with the status of being Comprehensive Strategic Partners. The meeting proved beneficial to augment the efforts towards the possibilities of entering into an MoU to boost cooperation between both the countries in the field of Law and Justice.
The two sides agreed to have official level deliberations to take forward the discussions on broad areas of cooperation in the field of Law & Justice, including entering into MoUs.
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Prime Minister's Office
PM hails historic gold medal by Equestrian Dressage Team after decades at Asian Games 2022
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated Hriday Chheda, Anush Agarwalla, Sudipti Hajela and Divyakriit Singh for winning the gold medal in Equestrian Dressage Team event after 41 years at the Asian Games 2022 in Hangzhou.
The Prime Minister posted on X:
“It is a matter of extreme pride that after several decades, our Equestrian Dressage Team has won Gold in Asian Games!
Hriday Chheda, Anush Agarwalla, Sudipti Hajela and Divyakriit Singh have displayed unparalleled skill, teamwork and brought honour to our nation on the international stage.
I extend my heartiest congratulations to the Team for this historic achievement.”
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Trauma Care Centres for Road Accident Victims
The Govt. of India has taken initiatives towards setting up of Trauma Care Facilities along National Highways, under the scheme “Capacity Building for Developing Trauma Care Facilities on National Nighways”. The overall objective of the scheme is to bring down preventable deaths due to road accidents by developing a pan-India trauma care network. The scheme provides for setting up a designated trauma center at every 100 km on NHs. During the 11th and 12th Five Year Plans, about 200 Trauma Care Facilities  were identified and financial support provided under the Programme.
Considering the shortage of medical and paramedical personnel in trauma care facilities, the scheme, implemented during the 11th & 12th FYP, provided for financial support for manpower component to these facilities for a period of 3 years. Further, as per MoU signed with the states, the state governments are required to create permanent posts to undertake the liability of the contractual manpower recruited under the program, to ensure unhindered functioning of the trauma care facilities. In addition to this, various training courses are being provided for capacity building of the existing manpower in these trauma care facilities so that they can provide better healthcare services. These include Advanced Trauma Life Support  for doctors and Basic Life Support  for nurses. In addition, a Pre-Hospital Trauma Technician  course curriculum has also been developed under the Trauma scheme for paramedics to be posted in ambulances.
As per the information received from police departments of State/UTs, number of road accidents on Highways in India for during the calendar year 2015 to 2017 is given below:-
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Total Road Accidents
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2015
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1,42,268
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2016
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1,42,359
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2017
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1,41,466
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Road accidents occur due to multiple causes such as use of mobile phones while driving, drunken driving/consumption of alcohol/ drug, overloaded vehicle, poor light condition, jumping red light, over speeding, overtaking, neglect of civic bodies, weather condition, fault of driver, driving on wrong side, defect in road condition, defect in condition of motor vehicle, fault of cyclist, fault of pedestrian etc.
This information was given by the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Special Service and Features
DoT announces IVRS-1955 feedback on call drop
“In order to obtain direct feedback from subscribers on call drop, Department of Telecommunications  has an Interactive Voice Response System  wherein the subscribers receive IVRS calls from short code 1955 and are asked some questions on the call drop problem. Subscribers can also send an SMS to the same short code, containing the name of city/town/village, where they face frequent call drops. Telecom subscribers can actively participate and give their valuable feedback on call drop through this system as well. The feedback received from the subscribers are shared with the Telecom Service Providers for taking corrective actions.”
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Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister explains Swami Vivekanada’s leadership advice to the youth
We are working to provide better educational and entrepreneurial opportunities to our youth :PM
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has asked the youth of the nation to follow Swami Vivekananda’s leadership advice and praised the revered monk for his contribution in developing individuals and institutions. Speaking at the valedictory function of the second National Youth Parliament Festival today, the Prime Minister talked about Swami ji’s contribution to start virtuous cycle of individual development to institution-building and vice versa.
Shri Modi remarked that individuals come in contact of Swami Vivekananda’s influence sphere and create institutions and these institutions in turn create new institution-builders. This starts a virtuous cycle of individual development to institution-building and vice versa. This is a huge strength of India as the Prime Minister explained with the example of entrepreneurship. He pointed out that an individual builds a great company and the ecosystem of the company gives rise to many brilliant individuals who, in their time, create new companies.
He also asked the youth to take advantage of the flexibility and innovative learning format provided by the recent National Education Policy. The policy aims to create better individuals by prioritizing aspirations, skills, understanding and choice of the youth. He underlined better education and entrepreneurial opportunities being made available to the youth of the country. “We are trying to create an ecosystem in the country, absence of which, often compels the youth to look towards foreign shores”, the Prime Minister said.
The Prime Minister stressed that it was Swami Vivekananda who recognized confident, clear-hearted, fearless and courageous youth as the foundation of the nation. Shri Modi presented the mantras of Swami Vivekananda for youth. For Physical fitness it is ‘Muscles of Iron and Nerves of Steel’ Government is promoting Fit India Movement, Yoga and providing modern amenities for sports. For personality development, the advice was ‘Believe in yourself '; for leadership and teamwork Swamiji said ‘'Believe in All'.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Union Minister Shripad Naik praises All India Darts Association for commending work to popularize the game
Distributes Prizes of Goa National Ranking Darts Championship 2022
Goa, 17 September 2022
Union Minister Shripad Naik praises All India Darts Association for doing commendable work to popularize the game. He was speaking at the Goa National Rankings Darts Championship 2022 held at Goa.
Shri Naik, who is also President of Goa Olympic Association said that Goa has become a sports destination. We have all the infrastructure needed to organize events of such magnitude. Goa, in the past, has organized Lusofonia games very successfully and is ready to host the National Games next year. Recently the Union cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister gave approval for hosting the FIFA Under 17 Women's World Cup in Navi Mumbai, Goa & Bhuvaneshwar in October this year.
“I am glad to know that All India Darts Association is striving hard to popularize the games at the grass root level and has organized competition in all the levels like Club, Schools, Corporates, State, Zonal and National level”, said Shripad Naik.
Shri Naik commended the efforts of the association for gearing up for organizing International Competitions like India-Pakistan Friendship Cup and also planning to organize South Asia Darts Championship, Asian Darts Championship and Indian Open.
Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government has taken keen interest in the upliftment of Sports. The government has allocated Rs. 3062.60 crore to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports - which is the highest ever in the history in of India, informed the Union Minister
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Special Service and Features
Visit of Union Minister of State V Muraleedharan to Sri Lanka
At the invitation of the Government of Sri Lanka, Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri V. Muraleedharan is visiting Colombo to participate in the celebrations connected with the 75th Independence Day of Sri Lanka on 4 February 2023.
During the visit, Minister of State will also have separate bilateral interactions with President H.E. Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe and the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister, H.E. Mr. M.U.M. Ali Sabry on matters of mutual interest. He will also have an interactive session with prominent members of the Indian Diaspora.
It may be recalled that this year also marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is India’s close neighbhour and friend and occupies a central place in India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy. India, as always is committed to stand with the people of Sri Lanka for their economic recovery, growth and prosperity.
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Ministry of Development of North-East Region
North-East Festival Commemorating Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav under the Ministry of DoNER.
As part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav – North East Festival, the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region & Government of Meghalaya in collaboration with North Eastern Council, Indian Institute of Management Shillong and Invest India organised a Conclave on “Investment Potential & Future Energy Needs of Northeast” at the NEC Auditorium, Shillong on 29th April, 2022.
The conclave was attended by Shri B. L. Verma, Minister of State, Ministry of DoNER, Smti R. V. Suchiang, Chief Secretary, Meghalaya, Shri K. M. Chalai, Secretary, NEC, Shri K. V. Pratap, Senior Economic Adviser, Ministry of DoNER among others.
The highlight of the conclave included presentations by individual ministries on their projects and their thinking for the future. The individual ministries being Ministry of Road Transport and Highways , Power, Civil Aviation, Telecom, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy  and Railways.
Prime Minister's Office
PM greets engineers on Engineers' Day; pays tributes to M. Visvesvaraya on his birth anniversary
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted engineers on Engineers' Day. The Prime Minister also paid tributes to Sir M. Visvesvaraya on his birth anniversary.
“Engineers are synonymous with diligence and determination. Human progress would be incomplete without their innovative zeal. Greetings on Engineers Day and best wishes to all hardworking engineers. Tributes to the exemplary engineer Sir M. Visvesvaraya on his birth anniversary”, the Prime Minister said.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Union Agriculture Minister visits Agri companies in Israel
India-Israel relations will set new dimensions in the agriculture sector: Shri Tomar
A delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, led by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, on a visit to Israel, today visited Israel based Green 2000 – Agricultural Equipment and Know How Ltd. and NETAFIM Ltd. During the interaction with the Israeli representatives, Shri Tomar said that the relations established between India and Israel in the agricultural sector will give new dimensions to the Indian agriculture sector. In recent years, our ties have further strengthened and the future vision of cooperation is in the form of a strong hi-tech partnership for both knowledge-based economies.
The delegation led by Union Minister Shri Tomar today interacted with the experts of these companies on various developmental aspects related to modern farming practices. During the visit, nursery practices, planting material of fruit-trees and vineyards, post-harvest technology, greenhouse farming, micro and smart irrigation systems and improved dairy and poultry farming were the main topics of discussion.
Shri Tomar said that more than 300 investments have been made from Israel in India mainly in hi-tech domain and agriculture. Micro-irrigation is important towards increasing water use efficiency at the farm level, reducing input cost and ultimately helping in increasing the income of farmers. Netafim is a leading micro irrigation company in India. India has a good association with Netafim in the adoption of micro irrigation and drip irrigation at the field level in the country.
Union Minister Shri Tomar said that to give further impetus to micro irrigation, a dedicated Micro Irrigation Fund has been set up with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development , Government of India to help States in mobilizing additional resources for expanding the coverage of Micro Irrigation.
On 10th May, Union Minister Shri Tomar will visit a dessert farm owned by Indian-origin farmers producing Indian vegetables in the Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani and Negev desert region. Shri Tomar will also inspect the demonstration of the use of drones by ALTA Precision Agriculture Company Ltd.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
MSP Operations during Kharif Marketing Season 2020-21
In the ongoing Kharif Marketing Season  2020-21, Government continues to procure Kharif 2020-21 crops at its MSP from farmers as per its existing MSP Schemes.
Paddy procurement for Kharif 2020-21 is continuing smoothly in the procuring States & UTs of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh with purchase of over 243.13 LMTs of paddy upto 06.11.2020 against the last year corresponding purchase of 203.60 LMT showing an increase of 19.42 % over last year. Out of the total purchase of 243.13 LMT, Punjab alone has contributed 171.09 LMT which is 70.37 % of total procurement.
About 20.51 Lac farmers have already been benefitted from the ongoing KMS procurement Operations with MSP value of Rs. 45902.32 Crore.
Further, based on the proposal from the States, approval was accorded for procurement of 45.10 LMT of Pulse and Oilseeds of Kharif Marketing Season 2020 for the States of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh under Price Support Scheme. Further, sanction for procurement of 1.23 LMT of Copra for the States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala was also given. For other States/UTs, approval will also be accorded on receipt of proposals for procurement of Pulses, Oilseeds and Copra under PSS so that procurement of FAQ grade of these crops can be made at notified MSP for the year 2020-21 directly from the registered farmers, if the market rate goes below MSP during the notified harvesting period in the respective States/UTs by the Central Nodal Agencies through State nominated procuring agencies.
Upto 06.11.2020, the Government through its Nodal Agencies has procured 31927.09 MT of Moong, Urad, Groundnut Pods and Soyabean having MSP value of Rs.171.25 Crores benefitting 18886 farmers in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana and Rajasthan as against the last year corresponding purchase of 16633.39 MT which is an increase of 91.95% for pulses and oilseeds.
Similarly, 5089 MT of copra  having MSP value of Rs. 52.40 Crore has been procured benefitting 3961 farmers in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu upto 6.11.2020 as against the last year corresponding purchase of 293.34 MT of copra. In respect of Copra and Urad, rates are ruling above MSP in most of the major producing States. The respective State/UTs Governments are making necessary arrangements for commencement of procurement from the date as decided by the respective States based on the arrivals in respect of Kharif Pulses and Oilseeds.
Procurement operations of seed cotton  under MSP are going on smoothly in the States of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh,Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat. Till 06.11.2020 a quantity of 988719 cotton bales valuing Rs.2859.25 Crore has been procured benefitting 190910 farmers.
President's Secretariat
Delegation of the Supreme Court of Kenya calls on the President
A delegation of the Supreme Court of Kenya, led by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Kenya, Hon’ble Lady Justice Martha K. Koome, EGH, called on President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan today .
Welcoming the delegation to Rashtrapati Bhavan, the President said that Kenya is a country with which India has centuries -old friendly relations. India is proud to be a development partner of Kenya. India is eager to maintain the tradition of high level political engagement with the new Government of Kenya. Both countries should also work together to further strengthen bilateral trade ties.
The President noted that Justice Koome is the first woman Chief Justice of the Kenyan Supreme Court. She commended her efforts for making justice accessible to all and to empower women in Kenya.
Ministry of Culture
Sangeet Natak Akademi of Culture Ministry to organise cultural programmes at India Gate on 19th and 20th November
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- Sangeet Natak Akademi of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, will organize a variety of programmes at the India Gate Lawns on 19th and 20th November
- Chenda Melam, Kathak Dance, Puppet Show, Manipuri Dance will be organised on 19th November
- Odissi Dance and Kathak dance along with Chenda Melam, Puppet Show, Manipuri Dance will be organised on 20th November.
- The performances will begin from 6 PM
On the 19th and 20th of November, 2022, Sangeet Natak Akademi of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, will organize a variety of cultural programmes at the India Gate Lawns in New Delhi.
The programmes includeChenda Melam, Kathak Dance, Puppet Show, Manipuri Dance on 19th November and Odissi Dance and Kathak dance will be organized on 20th November in addition to the performances on 19th November. The cultural programmes will begin from 6 PM.
On 19th and 20th November the Chenda Melam will be performed by Delhi PanchavadyaTrust.PanchariMelam is a percussion ensemble, performed during temple festivals in Kerala, India. PanchariMelam , is one of the major forms of Chenda Melam , and is the best-known and most popular in the kshetramvadyam  genre. PanchariMelam, comprising instruments like Chenda, Ilathalam& base chenda  is performed during many temple festivals in central Kerala, where it is presented in arguably the most classical manner. Panchari is also traditionally performed, albeit with a touch of subtle regional difference, in north Kerala  and south-central Kerala .
Kathak Dance will be performed by Students of Kalaashish. They will present Om NamahShivaya in raagbhopali, teentaal followed by a tarana originally choreographed by Pt. Vijai Shankar on drutteentaal, raagjansanmohini. The present presentation is choreographed by AsavariPawar.
The puppet show on 19th November will be by by Mohammad Shameem and group and on 20th November the puppet show will be by Kalabaaz group.
Manipuri Dance will be performed by PanthoibiJagoiMarup and the Odissi Dance will be by Sanchari Foundation.On 20th November Kathak Dance will be performed by Rudraksh.
It is worth mentioning that following the inauguration of the Central Vista by Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on September 8, 2022, the Ministry of Culture has frequently organized programmes commemorating Mahatma Gandhi, Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, and Raja Ram Mohan Roy. They are linked to many social issues and topics ranging from great freedom fighters such as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose to women empowerment and cyber crime. All visitors are welcome to attend these events for free and witness the emerging picture of new India.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
More than 7 lakhs Persons have Recovered from COVID-19
At 2.46%, India has one of the lowest Fatality rates in the World
The Case Fatality Rate in the country continues to register a steady downfall. It has dropped to 2.46% today. India has one of the lowest Case Fatality Rates in the world. Effective clinical management of the moderate and severe cases through a well executed Standard of Care protocol has ensured high rate of recovery among the COVID patients. The Centre is handholding and supporting the State/UT governments in collectively combating COVID-19. One such initiative is e-ICU program of AIIMS, New Delhi. Aimed at reducing mortality, AIIMS has mentored and supported 43 big hospitals in 11 States through shared experiences and technical advice from domain experts in clinical management of ICU patients. This has substantially boosted their capacity in treatment of critical care patients.
More than 7 lakh persons have been cured of COVID-19 and discharged till now. This has further expanded the difference between those who are active COVID patients and the recovered persons  by 3,09,627. 22,664 COVID patients have recovered from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. The recovery rate as of now is at 62.62%.
Medical attention is being provided to all the 3,90,459 active cases, in hospitals and home isolation.
For all authentic & updated information on COVID-19 related technical issues, guidelines & advisories please regularly visit: https://www.mohfw.gov.in/ and @MoHFW_INDIA.
Technical queries related to COVID-19 may be sent to technicalquery.covid19[at]gov[dot]in and other queries on ncov2019[at]gov[dot]in and @CovidIndiaSeva .
In case of any queries on COVID-19, please call at the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare helpline no.: +91-11-23978046 or 1075 . List of helpline numbers of States/UTs on COVID-19 is also available at https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/coronvavirushelplinenumber.pdf.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Tackling Cyber Threats
At present, there are no plans to set up Cyber Warrior Police Force. The Government is working on setting up of Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre . The main objective of the I4C scheme is to set up a national cybercrime coordination center for law enforcement agencies of States/UTs as an effective apparatus to handle issues related to cybercrime in the country.
Adequate legal framework exists in the form of Information Technology Act, 2000 along with Indian Penal Code, 1860 to deal with cyber safety and cyber-crime issues. Further, amendment of law is an ongoing process to take care of emerging needs.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.